Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
Fresh criticism has been levelled at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government with regard to the way it handled grading for school exams after withdrawing the results of hundreds of thousands of students.
Britain’s health ministry said that England’s test and trace scheme reached 71.3% of the contacts identified with new COVID-19 cases in the latest week.
Senator Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president. She urged Americans to vote for Biden and accused President Donald Trump of failed administration that cost lives and jobs during the pandemic.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalised in Siberia when symptoms of poisoning were found, after his aircraft made an emergency landing, according to his spokeswoman.
Iran put on display a surface-to-surface ballistic missile and Defence Minister Amir Hatami said it has a range of 1,400 kilometres. A new cruise missile was also put on display paying scant regard to US demands that the country halt its missile programme.
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